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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Antique

An-tïque', a.

adjective

(an-teek'), a. [Fr., Lat. antiquus, old, ancient, equivalent to anticus, from ante, before; Pr. antic.]

Sense 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. [In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.]

For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.

Sense 2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; as, an antique robe. “Antique words.” Spenser.

Sense 3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson’s “Castle of Indolence.”

Sense 4. Odd; wild; fantastic. [In this sense, more generally written antic.]

Synonyms— Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old. See ANCIENT.

An-tïque', n.

noun

n. [Fr. antique. See supra.] In general, any thing very old; but in a more limited sense, the remains of ancient artists, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.